Re: Does Macintosh read uppercase?

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From: Murray (forums_at_HAHAgreat-web-sights.com)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:01:20 -0500

> Macs seem to be reading the fields ok and most web Bots, but the
> javascript
> calculations and validations it seems to ignore. I am guessing that I
> will
> have to rename the fields and their references in the javascript to all
> lowercase and underscores.

I doubt that is the problem. I think it's much more likely that the
scripting itself is overlooking something "Macintoshy".

While I am not much of a scripter, others here are - you wanna post the
code, or a link to the page? If the latter, then I can examine it "in
Macinto" so to speak.... 

-- 
Murray
============
"Jim Fitzgerald" <JimFitzgerald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:A6EB17E4-F81F-4066-9B5D-A0243D2050F7@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Murry:
>
> I appreciate your taking the time to reply.
>
> Macs seem to be reading the fields ok and most web Bots, but the 
> javascript
> calculations and validations it seems to ignore.  I am guessing that I 
> will
> have to rename the fields and their references in the javascript to all
> lowercase and underscores.
>
> Do you think that will solve the problem, or will it take some major 
> changes
> to make it work?  I can make the case-changes but I am not a programmer, 
> but
> my son, who  did the form for me is.
>
> "Murray" wrote:
>
>> Errr -
>>
>> Yes.  No.
>>
>> -- 
>> Murray
>> ============
>>
>> "Jim Fitzgerald" <JimFitzgerald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
>> message
>> news:C7B5B0EC-0B84-4719-845D-6E34A42A20BF@microsoft.com...
>> > Does Macintosh read upper and lower case scripts?  I have a form that 
>> > uses
>> > JavaScript to manipulate several fields.  The field names are mixed 
>> > upper
>> > and
>> > lowercase.
>> >
>> > Could that cause a Mac to ignore the scripts?
>>
>>
>>

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